The Year of Our Lord 1555

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †		Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
		Born	Diego (Didaco) Alvarez, O.P. †		Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Died	Ludovico de Argentis †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Died	Miguel Jerónimo de Ballesteros (Vallesteros) †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Jean Bertaut †		Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
		Appointed	Christopher Bodykin †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Resigned	Gian Francesco Borengo †	Bishop-Elect of Larino, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
		Resigned	Giovanni Andrea Caffarelli †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francesco Campanari †		Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Died	Jean de Capdeville †	Bishop-Elect of Lescar, France
		Died	George Coates †	Bishop of Chester, England, Great Britain
		Born	Alfonso Coloma Sa †		Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	54.0	Appointed	Georges d’Armagnac †	Administrator of Lescar, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	54.0	Resigned	Georges d’Armagnac †	Administrator of Lescar, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
		Born	Antonio de Alzega (Alcega), O.F.M. †		Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	37.1	Resigned	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Spoleto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	45.3	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Died	Ferdinando de’ Medici †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Del Monte †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael Dornvogel †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
	70.0	Died	Cristóbal de Pedraza †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Born	Jean du Ploich †		Bishop of Arras, France
		Born	Alessandro della Torre, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, Greece
	34.2	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Spoleto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Cristovão de Jesu Fonseca, O.SS.T. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
		Born	Diodato Gentile, O.P. †		Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	57.0	Died	Achille Grassi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
		Born	Johann Georg von Hallwill †		Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Antoine de Hennin †		Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
		Died	Leone Leonici †	Bishop Emeritus of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Born	Peter Lombard †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Ebed-Jesu Maron †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Denis Medori †		Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece
		Resigned	Francesco (Franzino) Micheli †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Died	Tiberio Muti †	Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Resigned	Arthur O’Frigil (Friel) †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Hermann Ottemberg †		Bishop of Arras, France
		Born	Giorgio Perpignani †		Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
		Born	Francesco Persico †		Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Born	Márton Pethe de Hetes †		Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	47.0	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Priest	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	33.0	Appointed	Luigi (Alvise) Pisani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	61.0	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	João de Portugal, O.P. †		Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Born	Lorenzo Prezzato †		Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Walerian Protosewicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Died	Thaddeus Reynolds †	Bishop of Kildare, Ireland
		Born	Alessandro Rossi †		Bishop of Parma, Italy
	75.0	Died	Gérard Roussel †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
		Born	Juan Ruiz Villoslada †		Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Died	Mauro Salvidi †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
		Born	Eucharius Sang †		Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Born	Wilhelm von Schenking zu Bevern †		Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
	32.0	Died	Bartolomeo Serristori †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Born	Stanisław Sieciński †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Appointed	Ivan Soltan †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
		Born	Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
		Resigned	Alfonso de Valdecabras †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Confirmed	Patrick Walsh †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
		Resigned	Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
Jan	45.0	Died	Shimun (Jean-Simon) Sulaqa (Sulaka) †	Patriarch of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Jan	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
7 Jan		Appointed	Giulio Galletti †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Feliks Ligęza †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
15 Jan		Born	Girolamo Agucchi †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
23 Jan	36.0	Appointed	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia	Patriarch
	36.0	Appointed	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Nicaea	Patriarch of Ethiopia
		Appointed	Rodrigo Lopes de Carvalho †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	26.0	Appointed	Janus Fregóso †	Bishop of Agen, France
	36.0	Appointed	João Nunes Barreto, S.J. †	Patriarch of Ethiopia
	38.0	Appointed	Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia	Patriarch
	38.0	Appointed	Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Patriarch of Ethiopia
25 Jan		Appointed	Louis d’Albret †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop Emeritus
Feb		Born	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †		Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
1 Feb	70.0	Died	Ferenc Ujlaky †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
6 Feb	13.4	Installed	Roberto de’ Nobili †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
13 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Gallo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Gallo †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	81.1	Died	Livio Podocatharo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Cyprus
19 Feb	54.1	Selected	Nicholas Heath †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Fabio Capelleto †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Virgilio Rosario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ischia, Italy
7 Mar	18.9	Professed	Ignazio (Pellegrino) Danti, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
18 Mar		Died	Teodoro Isidoro Clarius de Brescia, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
18 Mar	47.0	Died	Sebastian von Heusenstamm †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
23 Mar	67.5	Died	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 Apr		Died	Philip Renner †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
6 Apr	69.5	Died	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
9 Apr	53.9	Elected	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Apr		Died	Ove Bille †	Bishop Emeritus of Aarhus, Denmark
10 Apr	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Apr	33.0	Selected	Daniel Brendel von Homburg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
27 Apr	53.3	Died	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
1 May	53.9	Died	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 May	36.3	Ordained Bishop	João Nunes Barreto, S.J. †	Patriarch of Ethiopia
5 May	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Patriarch of Ethiopia
13 May		Born	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel †		Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
23 May	78.9	Elected	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
26 May	78.9	Installed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	36.3	Confirmed	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Gallo †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 May	66.8	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	63.4	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	55.7	Appointed	Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Administrator of Manfredonia, Italy
	37.5	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	60.4	Appointed	Girolamo Doria †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Administrator of Tarragona, Spain
	30.7	Selected	Johann von Haugwitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	55.2	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	61.4	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	61.4	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	60.2	Appointed	Giacomo Puteo (del Pozzo) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	32.4	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
30 May	56.1	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Pedro Acuña Avellaneda †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro Castro Lemos †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Appointed	Scipione d’Este †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
		Appointed	Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
7 Jun	38.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
11 Jun	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Feliks Ligęza †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
16 Jun		Died	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
21 Jun	51.4	Confirmed	Ralph Baines †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Hugh Curwen †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	William Glyn †	Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain
	45.4	Appointed	Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
	54.4	Confirmed	Nicholas Heath †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
		Confirmed	John Holyman †	Bishop of Bristol, England, Great Britain
		Confirmed	John Hopton, O.P. †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Thomas Stanley †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	James Turberville †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun		Died	Balthasar de Jarente †	Archbishop of Embrun, France

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